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12 . 12 . 75 No L 321 / 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3229/ 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 9 December 1975 concerning the proof of the origin of products required for the application of Regulations ( EEC) No 1598 / 75 and ( EEC) No 1957 /75

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN of the customs authorities of the importing Member COMMUNITIES, State by one of the methods listed below :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (a) a certificate of origin issued by the competent Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 136 thereof ; authorities in the country of export ;

(b) a movement certificate or a form , made out Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; according to the models previously in force in the context of preferential trade between the Commu­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 (') of nity, on the one hand , and the Associated African 24 June 1975 on the advance implementation of and Malagasy States or the Republic of Tanzania, certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Convention of the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Lome relating to trade in goods, and Council Regula­ Kenya on the other ; tion ( EEC) No 1 957/75 (2) of 30 July 1975 on the interim trade arrangements with the 'overseas coun­ (c) any document which can show that the goods tries and territories' associated with the European satisfy the conditions set out in Title I of Annex II Economic Community, hereafter referred to as 'coun­ of Regulation ( EEC) No 1598 / 75 . tries and territories' have defined the rules of origin concerning the circumstances in which products acquire the status of originating products and concerning the proof of this status and the methods of controlling it ;

Article 2 Whereas it is expedient to provide for proof of origin other than that laid down in the provisions listed above , Notwithstanding Title II of Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 1957/75, for goods which satisfy the condi­ tions set out in Title I of the said Annex , and are sent to a Member State or 'country and territory' before 1 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : January 1976 proof of originating status may be furnished to the satisfaction of the customs authorities of the importing Member State or 'country and terri­ Article 1 tory', by one of the methods listed below :

Notwithstanding Title II of Annex II to Regulation (a) a certificate of origin issued by the competent ( EEC) No 1598 /75 for goods which satisfy the condi­ tions set out in Title I of the said Annex and are sent authorities in the 'country and territory' of export ; to a Member State before 1 January 1976 , proof of originating status may be furnished to the satisfaction (b) a movement certificate or a form , made out according to the models previously in force in the (') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p . 1 . context of preferential trade between the Commu­ (2 ) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1975 , p . 5 . nity and the 'countries and territories' ;

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(c) any document which can show that the goods submission of the documentary proof of origin as stip­ satisfy the conditions set out in Title I to Annex II ulated in Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 and Regula­ of Regulation (EEC) No 1957/75. tion (EEC) No 1957/75 .

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This Regulation shall also apply to goods which the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day customs authorities of the Member States have offered, following its publication in the Official Journal of at the time of import, to release while awaiting the the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1975 . For the Council

The President

M. RUMOR